So it did not surprise me that although the scores were different my co-worker, friend and I answers were in the same categories. Our results for communication anxiety level was low, verbal aggressiveness scale was moderate and listening styles profile was people oriented. I wish I could have found someone who has not known me for a long period of time. Maybe the results would have been different! I am a pretty straight forward and true to myself type of person. What you see is what you get and people that are around me know me.
Through this week's assignments, I learned that first impressions are something most people like my self judge others on. I need to be more open to not assuming one's character is the same as when I first meet them. It is important to get to know people and not prejudge them. This learned trait is something that will take time, skill and effort but I'm open and ready to change my train of thought!
With so much going on in our world today we need to reflect on the great words of Dr. King:
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ReplyDeleteI agree that my first impression and first look at a person I do sometimes judge at first glance and I need to take some time to get to know a person before judging who they are. It is a natural human thing that we all have been guilty of at one point or another. We all have to be conscious of that and learn that people may be much different than we may initially assume just like we are much different sometimes than people may assume of us.
What a great quote to use for this weeks post. It is very difficult to stop ourselves from judging others based on first impressions. But it is certainly something that is worth working on. We never know what someone else is going through and we should always try to keep an open mind about them even if their first impression was not a good one.
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